Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HIP'PO-MANE
HIP'PO-MANE, n. [Gr. ιππος, a horse, and μανια, madness.]
- A sort of poisonous substance, used anciently as a philter or love-charm. Encyc.
- In botany, the manchineel-tree, which abounds with a milky juice which is acrid, caustic, and poisonous. Encyc.
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